Dictionary

agog en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈɡɑɡ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /əˈɡɒɡ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”).

Meanings

1. In a state of eager desire; full of anticipation; highly excited with curiosity.
   • all agog
   • By that time not only the Australian press and public but also the Federal Government was agog with speculation as fresh UFO reports flowed in. 1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 31:
   • Whenever they managed to steal a peak at what he was doing, the other girls were agog that he loved me so much. 2000, Charles Baxter, chapter 3, in The Feast of Love, page 29:
   • Keen was the frost and crisp the snow over our world; and we young fry of the King households were all agog to enjoy life—for was it not Saturday, and were we not left all alone to keep house? 1913, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Golden Road, L.C. Page & Co.:
   • Everyone’s agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.
   • Ever since the Labour government revived the new towns programme in July 2024, […]announcing its mandate to build 1.5mn homes by 2029, the UK's real estate industry has been agog to see how exactly it plans to do this. 2026 June 13, Alice Fisher, “Can robots build new towns?”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
2. (of eyes) Wide open, agape.
   • People leaning forward, their lips parted a little, their eyes agog, staring at her, Elinor, with a horrible ghoulish excitement […] 1940, Agatha Christie, Sad Cypress, page 9:
   • Joe shook his head in awe, eyes agog and mouth hanging open as mine once must have hung for the tales of the north woods' legendary denizens. 1964, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion, page 190:
   • […] and did not move even when the frogs crept out of the water and listened, with their gold-rimmed eyes all agog, and their yellow throats palpitating. 1894, Ford Madox Ford, The queen who flew: a fairy tale, page 41:
   • Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side; 1860, John Greenleaf Whittier, “The Two-Headed Snake of Newbury”, in Home Ballads:

Forms

Relateds

à gogo

Translations (24)

cs plný očekávání (in eager desire) · it eccitato (in eager desire) · tr müteheyyiç (in eager desire) · pt ansioso (in eager desire) · cs natěšený (in eager desire) · it voglioso (in eager desire) · cs zvědavý (in eager desire) · es curioso (in eager desire) · sv ivrig (in eager desire) · it elettrizzato (in eager desire) · sv spänd förväntan (in eager desire) · pl podniecony (in eager desire) · pt curioso (in eager desire) · sv vidöppen (wide open) · de gespannt (in eager desire) · cs napjatý (in eager desire) · it sbarrato (wide open) · es ansioso (in eager desire) · it spalancato (wide open) · it arrapato (in eager desire) · tr heyecanlı (in eager desire) · fr écarquillé (wide open) · de weit geöffnet (wide open) · it sgranato (wide open)

agog en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /əˈɡɑɡ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /əˈɡɒɡ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English agogge, from Old French en + gogues (“in a merry mood”). See also Italian agognare (“to desire eagerly”).

Meanings

1. In an astonished or excited manner.
   • "Is this Mr. Mifflin?" she said, as he advanced all agog from his smoky corner. 1919, Christopher Morley, “Titania Arrives”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 69:

Forms

Translations (5)

it impazientemente (in a state of high anticipation) · it ansiosamente (in a state of high anticipation) · fr impatiemment (in a state of high anticipation) · it non stare nella pelle (in a state of high anticipation) · pt ansiosamente (in a state of high anticipation)